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No. 242,340. Patented May 31,1881.

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CIGAR-Tl P CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 242,340, dated May 31, 1881. Application filed March 14, 1881. (No model.)

1' 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. LIEB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Gutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in a cigar-tip cutter composed of four knives which are pivoted together at their ends in the form of lazy-ton gs, and two handles which extend from the ends of two of the knives and are exposed to the action ofa spring, which has a tendency to force the handles apart and to keep the knives open for the introduction of the tip of a cigar.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section in the plane a: .12, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings,the letter A designates my cigar-tip cutter, which consists of four knives, a b c d, which are connected together by pivots d efg in the form of lazy-tongs. The inner edges of the two knives I) (Z are beveled or sharpened downward, as shown in the drawings, while the inner edges of the knives a and c are beveled or sharpened upward, so that when the four knives are connected their cutting-edges work closely against each other.

From the ends of the knives a and b extend the handles h and i, and to each of these handles is secured a spring, j, the loose ends of which bear against each other, so that the two springs combined practically form one spring, which has a tendency to force the handles apart and to throw the knives open, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, leaving a space, k, between the cutting-edges of said knives for the reception of the tip of a cigar.

When the handles are compressed against the action of their spring or springs, the cutting-edges of all the knives move toward the center of the opening it with a drawing out or shear cut, and the tip of the cigar previously placed into said opening is cut simultaneously from four sides, so that a clean cut is produced, and the cigar, even if the same should be very dry, is not liable to become broken or injured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a cigar-tip cutter composed of four knives connected together in the manner of lazy-tongs, two handles extending from the ends of two of the Mn es, and a spring or springs for forcing the handles apart and throwing the knives open, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. LIEB. [L. 5.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

